Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona GTB/4 Daytona (RHD) 4.4 1972
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1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (RHD) for sale in London
RHD UK Supplied
Absolutely stunning throughout
A Truly outstanding example
Factory Air Conditioned.
Accompanied by an outstanding historical chassis file!
Ferrari Owners Club Concours winner
One of only nine cars ever built to this colour specification!
DD Classics is proud to offer this stunning Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, supplied new on the 2nd March 1972 by Maranello Concessionaires Ltd to David Baker of Lewes, Sussex who commissioned the car to be built in the exquisite Rosso Bordeaux Dino with Tan Hide Interior and factory fitted air conditioning, as per the cars specification today. This example is just one of nine cars ever built to this colour specification!
Accompanying the car is an outstanding historical chassis file and equipment that includes the original factory order and transit invoice, original operating, maintenance & service handbook, tool roll with associated parts, historical mechanical invoices from 1989, historical MOT’s from 1990, historical tax discs from 1984, various Ferrari Owners Club concours and events detailed from 1973.
This is simply one of the most attractive Daytona’s available anywhere. If you are thinking of a V12 front engined Ferrari Daytona to add to your collection, you must see this car in the flesh, nothing else will then suffice.
Every Ferrari is, to a greater or lesser extent, a ‘landmark’ car, but few of Maranello’s road models have captured the imagination like the 365 GTB/4. The ultimate expression of Ferrari’s fabulous line of V12 front-engined sports cars, the 365 GTB/4 debuted at the Paris Salon in 1968, soon gaining the unofficial name ‘Daytona’ in honour of the sweeping 1, 2, 3 finish by the Ferrari 330P4 at that circuit in 1967. Pininfarina’s Leonardo Fioravanti, later the famed Carrozzeria’ director of research and development, was responsible for the influential shark-nosed styling, creating a package that restated the traditional ‘long bonnet, small cabin, short tail’ look in a manner suggesting muscular horsepower while retaining all the elegance associated with the Italian coach-builder’s work for Maranello.
At the time of its introduction in 1968 the Daytona was the most expensive production Ferrari ever and, with a top speed in excess of 170mph, it was also the world’s fastest production car. Deliveries commenced in the second half of 1969 and the Daytona would be manufactured for just four years; not until the arrival of the 456 GT in 1992 would Ferrari build anything like it again. Only 158 RHD Berlinetta models and 7 Spyder convertibles had been made when production ceased in 1973.
Now available for viewing at the DD Classics Dealership in London, please call for more information.
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1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona GTB/4 Daytona (RHD) 4.4 is listed sold on ClassicDigest in Surrey by DD Classics for Not priced.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Ferrari Model : 365 GTS/4 Daytona Model Version : GTB/4 Daytona (RHD) 4.4 Engine size : 4.4 Model Year : 1972 Sub type : Pick up Location : Surrey
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About Ferrari
The first Ferrari road car was the 125 S introduced in 1947 and powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine, right? Well it's not quite that simple, Ferrari did in fact produce e Tipo 815, in 1940. Tipo 815 was designed by ex-Alfa Romeo engineers Alberto Massimino and Vittorio Bellentani and by Enrico Nardi under Enzo's company but legal issues with the former associate Alfa Romeo prevented Ferrari from launching the Ferrari marque at that point.
Enzo did produce a series of fine road cars in the 50's and 60's but they were merely to finance his true passion racing, wheather GT/Sports car or Grand Prix. The 50's saw the birth of Ferrari's most memorable cars, 250 GTB (tour de France) 250 Testa Rossa, 250 GT swb just to name a few.
Under the surface tension was growing though. In November 1961 long-time sales manager Girolamo Gardini made an ultimatum to Enzo: if tensions continued, he would leave the company. As a result, Gardini was ousted, as well as Scuderia Ferrari manager Romolo Tavoni, chief engineer Carlo Chiti, experimental sports car development chief Giotto Bizzarrini, and a number of others who stood by them.
Without Chiti and Bizzarrini the development of what was to become the most quintessential Ferrari and today the world's most expensive car, 250 GTO, was at a pivoting point. 250 GTO project was saved by a young engineer Mauro Forghieri and long-time racing bodyman Sergio Scaglietti who stepped in and took over the program with known results.
In addition to 250 GTO, Ferrari launced such master pieces as 250 LM, 250P, 275 GTB, 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" during the the 60's
By the late 60's Ferrari's prototypes' success came to a sudden halt by a new competitor, GT40. Ford turned to Lola to produce a Ferrari beating long distance racer after Enzo had cut the deal off with Henry Ford II making the latter absolutely boil with fury. The collaboration between Ford and Lola created the mighty Ford GT40 that gave Ferrari some heavy hits in Le Mans 24 to come.
By the end of the 60's FIAT purchased 50% of the company, starting a development that has led to a new mass-produced era of Ferraris.
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